remove old user account folders from the "users" folder on windows

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I am running windows vista home premium. I have deleted some of the users
that I had set up on my computer through the control panel/user
accounts/manage accounts. The account have been removed but in the folder
"Users" on drive c/ there are still folders that were set up from the old
users. I have tried to delete these folders but even though I am the
administrator I keep being told that the folders can not be remove as they
are open in another programme.

I have no idea what programme it could be open in or how to find out. these
folders are all empty as far as I can see and just want to get rid of them.

Please help... thanks

David
 
I don't know if this would work but they may be listed here:

Control Panel > System and Maintenance > Administrative Tools > Free up disk space
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Or reboot. If that fails, boot into safe mode & try again.
 
freebirdhelper said:
I am running windows vista home premium. I have deleted some of the
users
that I had set up on my computer through the control panel/user
accounts/manage accounts. The account have been removed but in the
folder
"Users" on drive c/ there are still folders that were set up from
the old
users. I have tried to delete these folders but even though I am
the
administrator I keep being told that the folders can not be remove
as they
are open in another programme.

I have no idea what programme it could be open in or how to find
out. these
folders are all empty as far as I can see and just want to get rid
of them.

Please help... thanks

David
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The right way of deleting a user profile is to use the profile
applet, which is accessible from the Advanced tab of the System
applet in Control Panel. (User Profiles).
 
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